What happens when you try to go to sleep but you toss and turn for hours? Insomnia brought about by Long Covid has been very difficult to overcome and I’m still not there. The only way for me to sleep is to take sleep meds. It’s not how I prefer to fall asleep, but for the past several months it’s been the only way.
Have you tried melatonin about an hour before you want to go to sleep?
Good sleep hygiene is fairly well known.
Cut the caffeine (it’s a stimulant). Quiet dark cool bedroom, same time every night. Get outside, break a sweat and get sunlight daily. No screens for a good while before bed. Use OTC sleep meds if needed as directed — and if they don’t work, see a doc, get checked for apnea, and even prescription meds if all else fails.
Very important for your mental health as well as physical.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Sorry for yelling, but it was in recognition of a kindred spirit and not meant in an aggressive or derogatory way.
Long COVID here, too. My sleep cycle is so messed up right now, there are nights I don’t fall asleep until 6 AM. I get up at 10 AM, work as long as I can, and then crash again for another 3 or 4 hours...only to stay up all night.
I’m exhausted all the time.
I actually made it to bed a few times this week, only to be told that I had several seizures in my sleep (the latest new development thanks to Fauci’s bioweapon).
During the seizures, I actually stop breathing for 15 to 30 seconds at a time, have no control over my body, and no recollection of what is happening until I “come back” for a moment or two gasping desperately for air. Then, according to my family, the light behind my eyes fades out and I stop breathing again. This pattern repeats several times until the episode passes. My brain is scrambled, my speech is slurred, and I’m out of it for several hours (or even two whole days). My husband says it’s like watching me die over and over. He’s aged 10 years in the last few months.
It’s scary enough when it happens during the day, with family present, and I can sense something is coming. But these night seizures this week are something new. I had no memory of them at all. I stayed just under the entire time. My husband now sleeps with one eye open and keeps a hand on my abdomen. Poor man is sleep deprived worrying that he will wake up to find me gone for good.
I’m going to Dr. McCullough this week (they kept bumping me up because the diaphragm seizures can be life-threatening). I’ll let you know how it goes.
God bless you, Ducttape. I will keep you in my prayers.
I have found that a trace of melatonin helps tremendously.
I have the 3 mg capsules and I pull them apart and put maybe a 1/4 mg (if that much) into some food at night, and it’s just enough to give me that mellow, drowsy feeling. It does help me sleep better.
I’m a night person and left to my own devices, stay up until about 2 AM but sleep until about 10 AM. So I do get the 8 hours but it’s skewed.
I’m going to bed earlier these days, but still, do not sleep well until about 2-3 AM and then am dead to the world. I hear NOTHING until I wake up.
CBD, alcohol and Benadryl
Hi, Ducttape!
Good news. I saw Dr. McCullough last Monday and started his detox protocol the same day.
It has been life-altering.
No more seizures, brain fog, fatigue, etc. I’m actually sleeping about six hours a night now. It will take about six months to clear my entire system, but it has made a huge difference.
Please try it for yourself. You can find it at Mckinney Family Medicine’s website, I believe.
Praying for you!